CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



1. The Nesting of the Greenshank 



2. A Hill Pass of the Pyrenees . 



3. A Spring Day at the Haunt of the Grey 



Geese 



4. A Seabirds' Island in May 



5. 'TwixT Bamburgh and Lindisfarne . 



6. The Golden Plover .... 



7. A Deer Forest in June . 



8. The Nesting of the Merlin 



9. Braeriach in Midsummer 



10. A Nesting Haunt of the Scoter 



11. Beinn Eolosary of Ulva . 



12. The Nesting of the Kittiwake 



13. Cairngorm and Ben MacDhui : A Day on the 



High Tops 



14. The Argyllshire Coast and its Islands 



15. Sunrise from Sgor an Lochan Uaine 



16. The Nesting of the Storm Petrel . 



17. Clisham : A Climb in Harris . 



18. Midsummer at the Wells of Dee . 



19. In Hebridean Waters 



20. Easaval of South Uist 



21. A Feathered Criminal: The Greater Black 



Backed Gull 



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